PA: Editorial: Protect PA’s children (May require subscription)
USA Today Network – Pennsylvania – June 10, 2021
This year, USA Today Network has dragged into open view the too-often-fatal flaws in Pennsylvania’s child welfare system. In sometimes gut-wrenching detail, the series of investigative reports paints disturbing portraits of the short, anguished lives of children like Jarrod Tutko, of Dauphin County, and Antonio Gonzalez Jr., of Mercer County. In 2019 and the first three quarters of 2020, our reporters counted 97 death summary filings by child welfare agencies in Pennsylvania. Those agencies were in touch with 48 of the victims’ families prior to their deaths.
Also: A 9-year-old boy died in his room. Here’s how Pennsylvania did – and did not – respond (May require subscription) (Includes video): https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/2021/05/25/pennsylvania-child-protective-youth-welfare-services-broken-system/5055516001/
Also: PA children are dying from drug overdoses, drownings and, most prevalent, physical abuse (May require subscription): https://www.ldnews.com/story/news/2021/05/10/pennsylvanias-child-welfare-system-closed-public-until-child-dies/4942260001/?gnt-cfr=1

https://www.ldnews.com/story/opinion/2021/06/10/editorial-protect-pas-children/7591851002/